Whitepapers

Study to Solutions: Healthcare

The Hobbs+Black Healthcare Studio is involved with the production of Study to Solutions, a research initiative for the use and knowledge of healthcare providers.

Vol. 1: HOSPITALity Ambulatory Care FacilitiesThis paper explores two ambulatory care centers for Oakwood Healthcare and was published in Volume 8 of The Academy Journal, by the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health.

Vol. 4: Medical Simulation: Designing for the FutureAs the use of medical simulation grows as a healthcare trend across the nation, healthcare institutions frequently need to find and convert existing spaces to accommodate the trend. This paper discusses how the design of these spaces can become an integral part of the advancement of medical simulation.

Vol. 7: The Future of Ambulatory CareRecognizing the extensive change occurring in healthcare, facilities providing medicine are changing to match the services being provided. This article explores what is to come in Ambulatory Care.

Vol 8: Facilities with a FutureWhen Oakwood Healthcare (Major healthcare system), Midwest Health Center (local provider), Redico (national real estate developer), and the City of Dearborn (local municipality) formed a partnership to develop a mixed-use complex on one of the cities strategic properties they looked past simple one step planning, instead taking into account more than just the needs of the healthcare system itself. This article describes how this approach created a facility not of the future, but with a future.

Vol. 9: Wellness Environments: More Than a Spa FeelToday’s outlook on patient care has changed from one of prevention to a more integrative/holistic healthy living approach. Development of Wellness Environments needs to take a similar holistic approach. Much has been written and discussed in regards to Evidence-Based Design in regards to the physical environment’s effect of the health of its inhabitants. Unfortunately thee lessons learned are often taken out of context and used in bits and pieces to create environments that do not fully realize the potential of otherwise successful concepts. Creating a complete environment in which concepts are tied together through the collected individual space to form a unified whole, is at the heart of Wellness Environments. We can create better healthcare buildings by implementing individual ideas in appropriate process/building/approach model. Using examples from Henry Ford Health System, Oakwood Health and community hospitals this holistic approach to Wellness Environments is explored.

Study to Solutions: Education

The Hobbs+Black Education Studio is involved with the production of Study to Solutions, a research initiative for the use and knowledge of educational providers.

Case Study

CITY CREEK CENTER: THE NEW SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

Many growing cities struggle to adapt and even reconfigure their downtown to meet their residents’ needs and respond to changing times. Decades of suburban expansion can leave urban cores underutilized and outmoded. Aging utility infrastructure, vacant parcels or buildings, insufficient parking, and the need for a comprehensive vision are common elements that each municipality faces. Read More →